Context (Leaving Cert Classical Studies): Flashcards
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Sophocles' lifespan
Sophocles' lifespan
c. 496-406 BC
Sophocles' innovation: number of actors
Sophocles' innovation: number of actors
Introduced a third actor
Year Philoctetes first performed
Year Philoctetes first performed
409 BC
Prize won by Philoctetes at City Dionysia
Prize won by Philoctetes at City Dionysia
First prize
Philoctetes' relationship to Heracles
Philoctetes' relationship to Heracles
Greek warrior & trusted friend
Cause of Philoctetes' wound
Cause of Philoctetes' wound
Bitten by a snake
Island where Philoctetes was abandoned
Island where Philoctetes was abandoned
Lemnos
Weapon possessed by Philoctetes
Weapon possessed by Philoctetes
Heracles' bow & arrows
Prophecy about Troy's fall
Prophecy about Troy's fall
Could not fall without Philoctetes & his bow
Two sent to retrieve Philoctetes
Two sent to retrieve Philoctetes
Odysseus & Neoptolemus
War during which Philoctetes was performed
War during which Philoctetes was performed
Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC)
Meaning of 'deus ex machina'
Meaning of 'deus ex machina'
God from the machine
Who appears as deus ex machina in play
Who appears as deus ex machina in play
Heracles
Chorus composition in Philoctetes
Chorus composition in Philoctetes
Sailors
Festival where Philoctetes was performed
Festival where Philoctetes was performed
City Dionysia